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Digital Technologies for Project-Based Learning in Distance Education: Developing Students' Critical Thinking and Collaboration Skills

Digital Technologies for Project-Based Learning in Distance Education: Developing Students' Critical Thinking and Collaboration Skills
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Author(s): Symeon Nikolidakis (University of Crete, Greece)and Panagiotis Kosmas (University of Limassol, Cyprus)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 20
Source title: Project-Based Learning, Competency-Based Assessments, and Experiential Education for Modern Learners
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Maria Athanasekou (Hellenic Open University, Frederick University, Cyprus)and Andonis Zagorianakos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3373-4957-2.ch012

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Abstract

The advent of new technologies and their integration into educational settings have carried a great promise to transform teaching and learning, to foster creativity, to advance critical thinking, and to democratize knowledge . However, education faces the deadlock of the conventional and inflexible model of traditional education. Project-Based Learning (PBL) is an extended task which usually integrates language skills through a number of activities in working towards an agreed goal. This model engages students through the act of inquiry and promotes the development of critical thinking skills. Online educational platforms and programs allow students to communicate, enhance their autonomy, self-management, critical thinking, and their ability to shape their own education. This requires the educator's role to become that of a coordinator and advisor and not that of the transmitter of knowledge, moving toward “an era of future education in which teachers and AI technologies work together.

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